NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister J P Nadda today asked people to dissuade the vendors from using newspapers for packing and serving food items, a day after the FSSAI asked authorities concerned of all states to take steps to restrict such practice.
“I request public to dissuade the vendors from using newspapers in packing and serving food & we have also issued an advisory to this effect,” Nadda tweeted.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked food safety authorities of all states and Union Territories to take steps for restricting the use of newspapers for storing and packaging food items.
FSSAI also asked state authorities to create awareness among food business operators, especially unorganised ones, as well as consumers about harmful effects of using newspapers as packaging material for eatables.
“Commissioners of Food Safety of all States and Union Territories are requested to initiate a systematic campaign for generating awareness amongt all stakeholders to discourage the use of newspaper for packing, serving and storing of food items,” the food safety regulatory authority had said in a letter. (AGENCIES)
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